Having been in Overwatch since its very beginning, Stylosa is one of the most prolific, most-watched, and most outspoken personalities in Overwatch.
Incredibly well versed in the history of the game and having worked both in the esport with London Spitfire and created content around Overwatch at large, Stylosa has a unique viewpoint to share.
We sat down with him during a difficult time for the game, just a couple of days after the six-year anniversary. Viewership numbers are at an all-time low for Overwatch, the beta is offline much to the dismay of its player base, and the wider gaming community is celebrating Overwatch’s perceived all-time low.
0:00 – Intro
1:46 – How do you feel about Overwatch right now?
3:46 – What does the 1.4 million viewership peak mean?
13:00 – Why is Stylosa still in Overwatch?
15:40 – How much of what Stylosa thought Overwatch 2 would be, did we have access to?
34:16 – Does it matter how content creators feel about the game?
38:15 – How much backlogged content is likely to be there?
44:16 – Should this REALLY be called Overwatch 2?
49:10 – Why was the Overwatch Beta taken down?!
52:40 – What’s the best content release strategy for Overwatch?
55:50 – Can Blizzard become a modern developer with an output like Riot and Epic Games?
59:23 – Is it about content volume or content trajectory?
1:05:38 – Is Free2Play the solution for Overwatch?
1:09:00 – What could Overwatch League do better?
1:16:35 – How OWL localisation FAILED
1:21:47 – Should they have split up Overwatch League into regions in the first place?
1:25:27 – Overwatch is NOT a good spectator experience
1:31:55 – Is Overwatch Made for casual or hardcore fans?
1:36:28 – Will Blizzcon come back EVER?! Should it have a World Cup?
1:46:34 – Will Microsoft be GOOD for Overwatch?!
1:50:40 – Does Overwatch need more developers?
1:53:30 – What’s the BEST that can happen to Overwatch at this point?
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Why has the beta taken down?
Easy. It wasn't a beta per-se, it was a hype machine to get people hyped for OW2 and watch OWL.
With how much work they are putting into overwatch 2 compared to overwatch 1, I almost wish that they would just release overwatch 2 as it is, and continuously put out monthly updates like they should have been doing on overwatch 1
Man gets us going on for the Overwatch game.
On to the point of the spectating experience, Stylose talking about how it is difficult for new people to get a read on things is so true. Although no matter what, OW will always be difficult to understand because of the fact that these little intricacies are what was supposed to make it unique, however it could possibly be explained to the people. I thought back to how the NFL do some of their highlight reviews in between quarters where they go back on a play, give you a step-by-step on what's going on or what is about to happen with highlighters, and explain to you the brilliance of said play. Imo this means that there needs to be more 3rd person viewpoints and fancy camerawork, especially when considering that 5v5 is way more faster, plus I think it could be more entertaining because there are far too many great plays that are missed or glanced over
Honestly they should have just kept the beta open indefinitely
my time in ow is pretty much 1/3 qp, 1/3 mystery heroes, 1/3 comp *mostly placement matches
This was such a great video. Yiska, you have done a great job with this content and your questions are we'll thought out. Sty, I admire your passion for this game. This was extremely insightful.
Man Blizzard has not made good content in 11 yrs
the sound is not more readable at all, and this is a big deal, for all players. It needs to work and not just be some nonsense sprinkled over the gameplay. The game can feel random and hearing sounds accurately is as important as graphical fidelity, if not more important. one of my biggest gripes with OW1 that i really expect to be fixed or largely improved in 2. (or else??)
Awesome video with Sty our Guy!
I've been playing OW for a few years just about every night with a dedicated, rotating crew of about 20 players. Most of those players received beta access. Every one of us hates the change to 5v5 and the Push mode. Its been VERY lonely in OW since the beta launched…
Great interview. I'm hoping that we can see a major positive development because I love this game deeply and want so badly for it to be successful
Overwatch league should never show the pov as the main screen. It should always be birds eye….you just can't show it as an eSports to non players any other way.
the fact they expect people to just play ow1 after the beta to me is criminal, they treat their loyal player base like trash.
For me it got very worrying only a month or two after launch when competitive was introduced.
1:31:35 That's the thing though, Overwatch was fundamentally built from the ground up to be casual. The major problem was when they decided to heavily push esport after people really wanting a competitive mode, and they only added that after release because people wanted it, and they didn't have the time for it in the beta. So now we have had this game that is built towards casual gameplay being forcefully warped into this casual/competitive mess. It was built to have as many of one character as you wanted. A full team of Winston? Yea, the game was built with that in mind. Changing the core of the game after every hero has been set in stone for release could only lead to this messy outcome.
1:29:47 this is what really annoyed me when I first started watching the OW2 pro matches, in other games like valorant and even paladins when it had an official league you could learn a lot about how the game works through what the casters say. Those games have more down time to actually explain stuff which makes the watching experience much more enjoyable.
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At Feyenoord we have several players from Rotterdam which the fans really love. Think Paris 2020 was perfect, mix of French and Korean players. But also love a extremely mixed team like Gladiators.
I recently came back to Overwatch and its by far the most fun I had with a game. Its sad that its fallen this low. I hope to see Overwatch rise back up.
They killed it when they stopped releasing new heroes and updates. It feels like there is 0 reason they couldnt have done the pvp in OW2 as updates to OW1
Killed DF for me. No shield tank, means chokes are going to be aweful. If every map no longer has chokes then maybe it will work.
Best thing about Df was jumping in killing a dps or healer and trying to get out alive. Now hes just going to be a non pick or a troll tank pick.
Good stuff
So I looked both of you up and couldn’t find a podcast. Shame.